Chances are you’ve seen plenty of brawls, but none of them have ended the way this one did, though.

A Spanish basketball league game between Laboral Kutxa trailed Bibao Baske took a turn for the ugly when a brawl erupted in the contest’s final seconds.

It resembled any other nasty fight and you could be excused for yawning your way through it — that’s how jaded we’ve become.

Both benches emptied as mayhem ensued and the fight spilled into the stands, with one young boy finding himself in the midst of the madness.

After things calmed down a bit, one of the players went over to the shell-shocked boy to apologize (shortly before the two-minute mark), a gesture you very rarely see.

]]>http://newstalk1280.com/basketball-brawl-ends-with-player-apologizing-to-kid/feed/0ACB, YouTube'Snow Blower' Parody Is the Anthem of Winter of 2014-2015 [VIDEO]http://newstalk1280.com/snow-blower-parody-is-the-anthem-of-winter-of-2014-2015-video/
http://newstalk1280.com/snow-blower-parody-is-the-anthem-of-winter-of-2014-2015-video/#commentsTue, 03 Mar 2015 15:29:58 +0000Fishhttp://shark1053.com/?p=74560Anyone who has a snow blower this winter should appreciate this parody of “Low Rider” by War.

It’s been a rough winter for everyone, and there is no end in sight. The snow has been falling so fast, and so often, that we’ve barely had time to dig ourselves out before the next batch drops on us.

Not a problem for anyone lucky enough to own a snow blower.

Snow-blower folk look forward to the next storm rather than fear it. They say, “Bring it on,” and cherish the opportunity to get out of the house and rev their engines, while the snow shovelers must continue breaking their backs. Drop that shovel and join the band of the proud snow-blower owners!

Sunday’s Cavaliers-Rockets matchup included many heart-pounding moments (the Rockets won a close game, 105-103), but none as physical as a close encounter between two of the NBA’s biggest superstars, James Harden and LeBron James.

The game was intense, but, during the third quarter, things got more than just a little chippy when Harden fell to the floor and something unexpected happened to King James. To put it simply, Harden kicked LeBron in the groin area to the surprise of many, including LeBron himself, who appeared to be in obvious pain. Could this spark a new rivalry between Harden and LeBron? Only time will tell.

Dakota Johnson truly impressed in Fifty Shades of Grey, bringing genuine humor and personality to a character who was entirely humorless and lifeless on the page. If you’ve seen her smaller role in 21 Jump Street, you already knew she had some comedic chops. Johnson’s effortless likability and timing translate well to her hosting gig on this week’s SNL, which delivers a fairly consistent episode with few flaws. Read on for this week’s SNL sketches ranked from the greatest to the not-as-great.

Say What You Wanna Say (Ensemble)

It’s not easy being a woman, like when you stop yourself from saying things to be polite because you know, that’s what’s expected of us. Playing with the idea of a commercial that empowers women, this short (the second of the night) has the ladies of SNL celebrating themselves as they just say what’s really on their minds. Bryant’s dance moves are incomparable, but really, everyone is on point here. Johnson and McKinnon’s interactions might be my favorite—particularly McKinnon’s bathroom sequence, which is just beyond.

Father Daughter Ad (Johnson, Killam, Mooney)

Last time SNL took on topical terrorism, things didn’t work out so well. This time? Oh man. The concept is simple and direct, with a good build-up: Johnson is going off to college and her father is bidding her a tearful farewell, only to reveal that she’s heading off to join the nefarious terrorist group. The brevity also helps.

Fifty Shades of Grey Press Junket (Johnson, Killam, McKinnon, Mooney)

Mooney always plays kid characters well, but he has the tendency to get a little redundant with them. Not in this sketch with Johnson as herself and Mooney as a precocious and very odd fourth grade kid interviewing her about Fifty Shades of Grey. Mooney has shown up in every sketch so far this week, proving how valuable he’s become on the cast (and for good reason). Johnson doesn’t have to do a whole lot here—she’s sweet and mostly provides set-up for punchlines. And yes, that was a real excerpt from the Fifty Shades of Grey novel.

Mr. Riot Films (Mooney, Bennett, Thompson)

Women be bullied! I’m a huge Mooney and Bennett devotee, and their shorts are often the best thing each week they appear. This one doesn’t rank among their best, but it’s just odd and specific enough (as always) to be enjoyable. The pair play YouTube stars who do “social experiments,” showing how real people (and in this case, they are definitely real) react to situations like a lost kid, bullying, or women being denied equal pay. Their public skits are like high school kids role-playing scenarios during an awareness seminar mixed with MTV hidden camera shenanigans. It’s bad on purpose, which doesn’t always land, but I can’t help but love them together.

Weekend Update (Jost, Che, McKinnon, Pharoah, Moynihan)

OH GOD this whole dress debacle. Blaming ISIS is a solid choice for a joke, since they apparently have no choice but to address it, but I wish this dress thing never happened. Speaking of which, their ISIS jokes are bountiful and pretty hilarious tonight. McKinnon delivers a fun and sassy Ruth Bader Ginsburg, while Jay Pharoah drops in with his always nuts Kanye West impression, tackling the whole Beck thing and performing a pretty funny rap filled with narcissistic apologies (like voting for himself for Best Actor instead of Michael Keaton).

But the real highlight is Bobby Moynihan returning as Riblet! This has instantly become one of my favorite characters, maybe even more so than Drunk Uncle, and one I quote with my best friend all the time now. “Riblet can do both jorbs! Riblet works real hord!” Honestly, Weekend Update only ranks this high this week because of Riblet. Praise Riblet.

Net Neutrality (Zamata, Johnson, Moynihan, Jones, Davidson)

What an accurate collection of internet types. Jones’ YouTube commenter steals it, opening with “First!” before going right into that damn dress debacle and actually making me laugh about it. Johnson is equally as effective as a homely blogger who doesn’t get out much and uses juvenile concepts to describe Net Neutrality—which no one actually knows how to describe. That’s fairly apt. I mean, ask your friends to describe it to you.

Cinderella (Johnson, Strong, Killam, Mooney, Moynihan)

Strong’s delightfully trashy Kathy Ann character is so great and so specific to a certain type of working class woman—it’s probably one you’ve met before. The more specific SNL gets with characters, the better, and I love the incorporation of the contemporary Kathy Ann in the whimsical fairy tale world of Cinderella, where Johnson does good work supporting Strong as the slightly straight character.

Emergency Room (Johnson, Thompson, Killam, Jones, Bayer, Davidson)

This feels like vintage ‘90s SNL, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. We haven’t gotten enough Thompson or Jones tonight, so it’s nice to see them featured. Thompson’s cosplay doctor dressed as Worf is such an earnest concept, and one that doesn’t entirely work. Johnson’s nurse cracking up (which almost seems like a legit break) and Thompson’s delivery of “he dead” are the highlights, and I can’t knock the sketch too much for trying to honor Leonard Nimoy in a way that’s not maudlin or too obvious. Eh. It’s okay.

Monologue (Johnson, Mooney, McKinnon)

Johnson is just so darn likable! And she delivers that Oscar season line perfectly. She’s cracking jokes about (and at the expense of) Fifty Shades of Grey, even tossing in a little humor about its target audience (moms) and winning pretty much everyone over. Speaking of which, her parents Melanie Griffith and Don Johnson put in an appearance following her cute anecdote about Griffith’s time hosting in the ‘80s. Let’s see if she can keep it up for the rest of the show.

I Can’t (Johnson, Moynihan, Strong, Bryant)

Literally. I can’t even. But like, literally. Millennials, am I right? All that vocal fry and “literally” and “I can’t even.” Johnson, Moynihan and Strong are dead on as vapid, melodramatic twenty-somethings who only speak and relate in hyperbole. It gets a little repetitive after a couple of minutes and seems to meander just as much as a legit twenty-something does. Strong’s “I am trying to can but I literally can’t even” is the best, though.

Giuliani Cold Open (Bayer, Killam, Moynihan, Johnson, Bennett)

I guess with all those Oscar wins, Birdman spoofs are timely again. This one doesn’t quite work, with Killam playing Rudy Giuliani, struggling with his inner self over his recent “Obama doesn’t love America” comment. Killam and Bennett do well, but the bit ultimately falls flat and Bayer feels like a weirdly lifeless accessory.

Even when it’s at its best, modern SNL is rarely shocking. Funny, strange, silly and clever, sure. But shocking? Nah. The show doesn’t seem to set out to offend every week. So when the show broke out a fake commercial that depicted 50 Shades of Grey star and guest host Dakota Johnson joining the radical terrorist group ISIS, jaws rightfully hit the ground. Who approved this? And could they start approving more sketches?

In a pitch-perfect parody of a certain kind of military recruitment ad, the fake commercial features Johnson and her father (the always reliable Taran Killam) arriving at the airport. She’s leaving for some kind of important trip and he’s sad to see her go, playfully suggesting that she hang around for another year. Tears are shed, looks of love are shared … and then her ride shows up. Yep, it’s ISIS terrorists in a truck, with a mounted machine gun and everything.

Then that treacly music kicks in and you suddenly really can’t believe what you’re seeing.

The scene really works because Johnson and Killam play it so very straight, never indicating that the joke is coming until it appears out of nowhere. It’s a one-note sketch, but that one note is so perfectly built-up and executed so well that it’s worth it. And at under two minutes, it gets in and gets out before it can overstay its welcome. This scene showcases a show that is willing to go that extra crazy mile, and a guest host who is willing to do anything for a laugh.

With Dakota Johnson guest hosting, last night’s SNL had no shortage of 50 Shades of Grey jokes. For her part, Johnson seemed equally bemused and embarrassed by her controversial new hit, rolling with whatever the show threw at her and always coming out looking far better than her naysayers expected. Her ability to make fun of herself and the film that has turned her into an overnight movie star really came together in the only sketch of the night that required her to play herself.

The sketch finds Johnson at a press junket for the film, sitting in a hotel room, taking part in countless interviews and answering the same questions over and over again Thankfully, she only has one more interview. But her interviewer (played by Kyle Mooney) is in the fourth grade. And he’s already seen 50 Shades of Grey several times. And he has a whole bunch of really awkward questions about the movie and its depiction of an S&M sexual relationship.

Johnson effectively plays the “straight man” to Mooney, who really nails the whole “young kid asks a whole bunch of really inappropriate questions” schtick. Even when the jokes don’t hit as hard as they should, Johnson’s willingness to parody herself and Mooney’s bizarre delivery make up for it. If this starring-in-erotic-dramas thing doesn’t work out for Johnson, she probably has a pretty decent comedy career ahead.

]]>http://newstalk1280.com/snl-dakota-johnson-fifty-shades-bts/feed/0Dakota Johnson and the Ladies of SNL Say What They Want to Sayhttp://newstalk1280.com/dakota-johnson-snl-ladies-say/
http://newstalk1280.com/dakota-johnson-snl-ladies-say/#commentsSun, 01 Mar 2015 14:44:39 +0000Jacob Hallhttp://screencrush.com/?p=235154

Modern SNL has one of the strongest female line-ups in the show’s history, so it’s always a pleasure when the writers give this group of extremely funny ladies a chance to shine together. This sketch is a weird one because it feels like such an odd and specific concept that must have been a real pain in the butt to pitch in the writer’s room, but the execution is simply sublime: a group of women start being brutally honest with the people in their lives and immediately celebrate to the impossibly catchy sounds of Sara Bareilles’ “Brave.”

Although guest host Dakota Johnson, Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant and Leslie Jones (hey, that’s two new Ghostbusters!) get the spotlight in the scene, Vanessa Bayer and Sasheer Zamata also get time to shine, giving every woman in the cast a juicy and funny thing to do. The whole thing is really a rapidly cut series of vignettes that quickly escalate from strange to stranger, with each woman finding herself in a socially awkward situation and finally finding the nerve to speak out. Once they do, they immediately celebrate to music, complete with facial expressions so joyous that you can’t help but laugh. McKinnon dancing in a bathroom stall may be one of the highlights of the entire season.

In an episode filled with sketches that never knew when to end, this video (with its surprisingly sharp cinematography and hilarious editing) was an oasis. There are times when we just want these women to get their own video sketch show and leave the boys behind. Okay, fine. They can take Taran Killam as the token guy.

#KidabalooEVV brought to you by St. Mary’s is a fun-filled day offering children and parents the opportunity to take a break from the mundane, gloomy winter weather. Special guest is Calum Worthy, “Dez” from the Disney Channel popular show Austin and Ally will sign autographs and take photos!

Check out 12 inflatables, a mechanical bull, Disney princesses, a toddler area brought to you by EVSC, crafts, games, a photobooth brought to you by Bayers Plumbing, and even a Parents lounge so you can relax brought to you by The Ballet Academy at Studio 321! All of this and more awaits you at this years Kidabaloo! Hospitality brought to you by Dunn Hospitality Group and youth sponsor Metro Sports Center. Buy your tickets online or at the door.

If you’re not a car lover, you may be unaware of the significance of the McLaren F1 GTR. That certainly doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy this video — no matter what you know, it’s still two supercars doing supercar things — but it might help give it a bit of context.

Twenty years ago, the McLaren F1 GTR was introduced. (The “GTR” part basically means “race car made specifically for racing” as opposed to something you can drive around town.) The automotive beast blew away the competition at the 1995 Le Mans, winning the race and claiming four of the top five overall finishes. It was domination.

Two decades later, the English automaker is now set to release the latest edition of the GTR, the P1. And to celebrate its launch, they paired it up on the racetrack with its original inspiration, the F1. It’s quite pretty to watch, sort of like seeing a Hall of Fame quarterback tossing the ball around with this year’s No. 1 draft pick.

The upcoming Le Mans races look like it’ll have some stellar new competitors, with the all-new P1 joining the Ford GT, which we took a look at a few weeks back.

Our only issue with the above video is, couldn’t they have filmed it on a nicer, non-cloudy day? You know, like when the sun was out? Come on, England.

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This is the kind of thing that may make you want to do some drugs, so if you have any, you may want to go ahead and do that, then watch the video. Okay, all set?

Now let’s talk about what happens here. We’ll be honest: we didn’t even really know what a “wingsuit” was. (We do try to keep up with the latest trends, but fashion sure does move fast.) We are quite familiar, though, with GoPro, so we gave this clip a chance. And we do not regret it.

Everyone who’s ever seen a James Bond movie knows how beautiful the mountains in Switzerland are (even if they tend to be a bit more snow-covered and feature oddly underdressed women), but we can’t say we’ve ever really grasped the scenery quite like this.

In case you were wondering, the guy in the video is named Brandon Mikesell. The mountains are in Walenstadt, Switzerland.

Play enough basketball, and eventually you’re bound to wind up on either end of a buzzer-beater — whether it’s the agony of defeat or the ecstasy of victory often depends more on Lady Luck than anything else. But for one team in the Kansas Mid-East eighth-grade boys basketball league, a whole new kind of devastating ending just got written.

With just a few seconds left in a tournament game, the Riley County Falcons (dressed in white) were up, 26-25, over the Rock Creek Mustangs (black). Rock Creek inbounded the ball, their guard drove down the lane and threw up a last-second attempt off the glass, which bounced, hit the rim and … just stayed there. Sitting on the rim, perfectly still. Wait, what?

The rules call for a jump ball in this scenario, but with no time left on the clock, it was game over. The Falcons went home victorious, the Mustangs slumped off the court to think about what they had done to deserve such a bitter lesson.

If you put your mind to it, you can do anything. That’s what we’re raised to believe and there just might be some truth to it.

This video, featuring a British man named Sam Priestley, playing table tennis just about every day over the course of a year has gone viral.

Priestley picked up a paddle and played almost on a daily basis. The results were noticeable.

Color us impressed. He clearly put in some work. We also say kudos to his roommate for letting a huge ping pong table stay in their apartment. That has the potential for trouble whenever someone wakes up to get a glass of water in the middle of the night.

Priestley didn’t ultimately become a top 250 player in his country, but he certainly got better and showed he’s no longer going to be a pushover when you show up to play him.

]]>http://newstalk1280.com/watch-ping-pong-amateur-turn-himself-into-a-ping-pong-master/feed/0Ben LarcombeNational Weather Service Predicts Historic Snowfall [Video]http://newstalk1280.com/national-weather-service-predicts-historic-snowfall-video/
http://newstalk1280.com/national-weather-service-predicts-historic-snowfall-video/#commentsMon, 16 Feb 2015 00:44:40 +0000Chadwick Benefieldhttp://wbkr.com/?p=288870A Winter Storm Warning is in effect for the entire tristate and the National Weather Service says the approaching storm could produce historic snowfall. In fact, during their 5pm briefing this evening, forecasters in Paducah predicted that Winter Storm Octavia could result in one of this region’s top five snowfalls ever. Here’s video from the briefing.

Whether we need/want it or not, in 2015 we’re getting an updated version of the 1982 horror-classic Poltergeist. While the trailer looks decent – do we need another friggin’ remake?

Are screenwriters simply out of fresh ideas? Is that what it’s come down to? That seems to be the case. Now, to be fair, I understand remaking a movie that was pretty horrible the first time around. The Punisher comes to mind..ooh and Oceans Eleven too. But why is there a desire to remake a movie that was really awesome to begin with? Correct me if I’m wrong (seriously, give me examples), but more times than not, the original movie remains better than the remake.

Did we need an updated version of The Karate Kid? Nope. A modernized version of Annie? Not at all. Total Recall? I don’t think so.

And this senseless trend continues in 2015 with another all-time great movie is being remade.

Asking “why more remakes” is kind of a broad question. So I’ll get even more specific. Why remake Poltergeist? I seem to remember that movie scaring the crap out of me. That movie has provided some iconic pop culture references, and to me is still scary.

Like I said, the trailer looks pretty good (but we’ve all been disappointed by great trailers before) and I’m a big fan of Sam Rockwell. I might give this one a watch if/when it makes its way to Netflix. If not, I’ll just pass.

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http://newstalk1280.com/new-tool-allows-you-to-skin-and-debone-a-fish-in-seconds-you-will-want-one-video/#commentsFri, 13 Feb 2015 01:30:29 +0000Jon Prellhttp://wkdq.com/?p=474179I don’t even fish and I want one of these! Fishing has always been one of the most popular and relaxing leisure activities that has at least some appeal for almost everyone. Our oldest son loves to fish, but hates to skin and debone the fish because of the time and effort it takes to do it and if you don’t do it right, the fillet could be ruined….not anymore!

I almost never write anything about a product, but this is one of the most awesome tools I have ever seen and I cannot imagine any fishermen NOT wanting to have one. I even enjoy watching the video and have watched it over and over….and I don’t fish!!

This thing removes the bones and skin from the fish in just seconds, giving you an almost perfect fillet, ready for the pan or grill. Actually, this almost looks like fun. Watch the video and tell me you have no interest in at least trying it ….I dare ya!